@JoePostingg I am 41 and graduated college during the Great Recession. I remember going to a job fair with a friend and there were thousands there and the only job booths were military and selling insurance. It was very bleak
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Daniel Lang
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Unemployment peaked at 10% in 2009 and didn't drop below 4% until 2018
wallstreetluigi@wallstreetluigi
@JoePostingg the great recession wasnt all that bad, it lasted only about 1 year then people got crazy lazy collecting UE
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@ratlpolicy You can say this but it’s literally something trump campaigned on
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The idea that we should orient our geopolitical strategy around oil prices is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
If oil prices are the be-all & end-all of policy, I look forward to The Atlantic coming out in favor of opening drilling permits across the nation.
David Frum@davidfrum
Trump is being undone because he can't wrap his mind around the hard fact: America may have its own oil, but it cannot have its own oil price. Latest in @theatlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…
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@MichaelH_MN Yes, there was absolutely no immigration in the 1800s
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If you think the authors of the 14th Amendment intended to incentivize anchor babies, you’re an idiot.
It was written to secure the civil rights of former slaves.
It is being exploited and Americans are being taken advantage of.
Michael Holmstrom@MichaelH_MN
Birthright citizenship was created as a response to a grave injustice. It is now being abused to perpetrate another injustice - Birth Tourism. The court must end the illegal immigration birthright farce.
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@shortmagsmle The interpretation you want would lead to challenging the 2nd amendment to only include muskets
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Weird how the constitution is only a “living document” when it allows migrants to set people on fire on the subway but never when it could be used to improve life for actual Americans
Casey Mattox@CaseyMattox_
“It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution.” - Roberts, CJ.
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@seanmdav Explain how he’s wrong? If you want to change birthright citizenship, then pass a law
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@Timcast For fucks sake, that’s why you pass laws instead of relying on executive orders
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I have a friend in suburban Minneapolis who’s living thru exactly this. Somalis everywhere, living large, driving Range Rovers, no apparent jobs. He just put his house on the market. He’s moving to New Hampshire.
TheBlaze@theblaze
Stephen Miller: "Imagine a native Minnesotan who works as a lineman who is worried about his ability to provide for his family and he has a Somali refugee neighbor who arrived two years ago and has a Mercedes and never seems to go to work and gets unlimited free money for life."
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@walterwhitepill Ah yes, forgive me for thinking that American soldiers killed by fucking missiles is not a war
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@foster_type The script and dialogue in Midway were cringe especially from Ed Skrein. The battle scenes were well done though
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GREYHOUND was very good, and a broader Battle of the Atlantic movie that gets into the strategic level would be welcome. Similarly MIDWAY was decent and other Pacific theater movies would be welcome, including a MacArthur biopic.
Alex Griswold@HashtagGriswold
Thesis: Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers accidentally kneecapped the WWII movie as a genre. Everyone said "well, we can't top that," and now every entry is "come marvel at the DARING nerds who solved logistical problem" x.com/metoffice/stat…
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@varadmehta So everytime we get into another stupid war we are all suppose to just clap along like seals?
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Saying anything positive about the war is tantamount to saying something positive about Trump. And that is simply not acceptable. So the Dem-industrial complex is doing its best to portray it as a failure. They'd rather have America lose than Trump win. It's as simple as that.
Noah Rothman@NoahCRothman
The verdict from some quarters is in: The war is “quickly becoming a disaster.” The sooner Washington acknowledges its defeat, the better... That dour outlook seems wholly divorced from an objective appraisal of the war in its fourth week.
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@DanLang85 I'll direct you to the absence of a community note
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cannibalism?
NFC North News@NFCNorthNewss
🚨🚨BREAKING: The #NFL has REJECTED Minnesota’s bid to host the 2028 Draft less than FOUR hours after the request was submitted by the Minneapolis Mayor. The league believes Minneapolis is a potential safety risk for violence, cannibalism, and theft towards tourists visiting the city. The NFL will instead look at safer cities like Detroit and Chicago as suitable hosts for the 2028 draft. WOW. 😳😳😳
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@EWErickson Not killing people and showing your face will do that
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I said on Monday morning that having ICE agents at the airport would be a big PR win for ICE.
TheBlaze@theblaze
ICE agents at Houston airport hand out water to passengers and save spots in line so people can take bathroom breaks:
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@ajlamesa People outside Minnesota literally think Minneapolis is gone. Like literally burned down
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Man, the replies to this post.
Minnesota is a very nice place to live! Just look at the statistics and social indicators.
Is it perfect? No.
Anthony LaMesa@ajlamesa
I'm not a fan of this post. Even if houses were significantly cheaper on the coasts, the Midwest would still be a desirable place to live for many reasons. Wisconsin and Minnesota are two of the most functional states in the country.
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@ClayTravis Yes, the surprise attack while negotiating really worked out well for Japan
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Trump was also not alive yet on Pearl Harbor Day, Jake. This was a joke about the importance of keeping surprises in war. As everyone with a functional brain recognized.
Jake Tapper 🦅@jaketapper
FWIW Prime Minister Takaichi was born 20 years after Pearl Harbor
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@BFW Twins owners are absolutely loathed right now in Minnesota, otherwise it would be close
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I need examples of a US city with at least three pro sports teams where the NHL team is top two in fandom in the city.
Boys here said Detroit, DC and Tampa. I think I’ll give them DC and Tampa, but contest Detroit.
Some guys said Minnesota, I think Twins are bigger than Wild.
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@esaagar Guys, my oil prediction (panican) didn’t follow through so let me jump to another resource/commodity to panic over. I’m sure I’m right this time. Got my reporting from that Chinese guy who Kurt Metzger loves. - Saagar
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The Odd Lots episode on fertilizer is extremely sobering: The war was launched literally at the worst possible time for a fertilizer shortage via the strait. Developed countries will see prices go sky high and the third world will simply go without if the crisis continues
Joe Weisenthal@TheStalwart
The ratio of urea to corn is nearing its worst levels of the post-Covid inflation. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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How do I explain to my non-Minnesota friends that the entire state rejoiced as two powerhouse hockey schools lost to a team with a potato for a mascot
Ryan Stanzel Checkmark@rstanzel
Imagine beating Edina and Minnetonka in 24 hours
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Saddam Hussein appears to somehow be the only man capable of not being immediately captured or killed by the Americans within the first 24 hours
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